title: The treatment of monodelusional psychosis associated with depression.
abstract: This is a report of the treatment of four patients suffering from a syndrome consisting of a single delusion in association with depression. The tendency of monodelusional syndromes to respond to a pimozide provides a rationale for nosological organisation.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dobson
mesh_terms: D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003702:Delusions / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D010868:Pimozide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D010868:Pimozide; D002997:Clomipramine